Comments on: Year-End Link Dump (Part 2)

By: Michale

Michale — Thu, 01 Jan 2015 11:59:35 +0000

Just for sheets and greens..

There is my list of 2014 CW.COM bookmarks.. :D

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By: Michale

Michale — Thu, 01 Jan 2015 11:34:10 +0000

Trent Lott (of all people) says Republicans in Congress should just clarify the Obamacare law, so that the case before the Supreme Court goes away. [Huffington Post] I said it then and I'll say it again... "Marge, that rhymes and you know it!!!" -Homer Simpson Why should Republicans pull Democrat's cajones out of the fire?? Now maybe if Obama had proposed the deal where he would forgo his immigration crap in exchange for Republicans fixing the Democrats' mess, the Left wouldn't have to worry about TrainWreckCare fulfilling it's moniker... But he didn't so they do... Michale 423

By: Michale

Michale — Thu, 01 Jan 2015 11:24:17 +0000

A Massachusetts town tried to ban tobacco sales entirely, but had to back down in the face of vociferous objections at a public meeting. [Huffington Post]

Seems to me that Human Caused Global Warming acolytes would be all over this...

Eliminate all smoking products all over the world..

Imagine the clean air!!! :D

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By: Michale

Michale — Thu, 01 Jan 2015 11:14:00 +0000

Possibly the most interesting opinion piece on what Obama should do about it all came from the A.C.L.U. The piece supports the idea of Obama pardoning Bush, Cheney, and anyone else involved in torture -- because by pardoning those responsible it would provide legal closure and would admit that wrongdoing did indeed take place. A very interesting article, in fact. [New York Times]

And then the NEXT GOP POTUS could "Pardon" Obama and Biden for their Drone Campaign and their brutal genocide of innocent civilians..

Where does it end??

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By: Michale

Michale — Thu, 01 Jan 2015 11:10:52 +0000

Public opinion on torture has come down from post-9/11 highs, but still remains disturbingly supportive. Maybe it was that half-season of 24 that ran this year, who knows? [Salon] Or maybe it's because the American people realize it's a dangerous world and that in the world of Counter Terrorism and the threat of nuclear terrorism ever-present, that the ends DO justify the means.. To put the matter succinctly, if all we have to do is make some scumbag mass murder uncomfortable for a while to save hundreds, thousands and maybe even millions of innocent lives...??? Well, most Americans don't have a problem with that... Especially since we are talking "people" who are barely a step up from cockroaches on the civilized scale... "You know how I feel about them. They're animals. DON'T trust them... DON'T believe them." "Jim, they're dying." "LET THEM DIE!!" -STAR TREK VI, The Undiscovered Country Michale 420 Take a hit, pass it on ROFL

By: Michale

Michale — Thu, 01 Jan 2015 11:03:03 +0000

The most revealing was a side-by-side comparison of what the report exposed and C.I.A. director Michael Hayden's testimony before Congress, showing how many times he flat-out lied to the public about what had gone on.

Yea, we can't have Administration officials LYING to Congress, can we!!!???

Unless, of course, it's the OBAMA Administration who is doing the lying.. :^/

We really need to have a sit down and determine once and for all if lying is a good thing or a bad thing... :D

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By: Michale

Michale — Thu, 01 Jan 2015 10:58:28 +0000

Speaking of the future of warfare, we now not only have drones that can fly patrols without human intervention, we've also got smart bombs which choose their target without a human's help. Maybe we should have an ethical discussion about this sort of thing before using them? [New York Times]

The problem with having "ethical" discussions on this kind of warfare is that this kind of warfare is against an enemy that HAS no sense of ethics or morality..

Therefore such discussions would only serve to hamstring the good guys and give the bad guys a much wider latitude..

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By: Michale

Michale — Thu, 01 Jan 2015 10:54:04 +0000

The Pentagon has long had an obsession with Star Wars. This isn't really news to anyone who remembers the days of Ronald Reagan, but still an interesting read. [Washington Post]

"THAT... was awesome!"
-Margo, DESPICABLE ME

Pretty good read...

From Saint Ronnie's humble beginnings, eh? :D

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By: Michale

Michale — Thu, 01 Jan 2015 10:31:28 +0000

Just to begin with, in case anyone missed it, yet another House committee issued a report on Benghazi, which found exactly zero wrongdoing by anyone in the White House. [Washington Post]

Just because the report came from a Republican committee doesn't mean it's accurate..

Ya'all, of ALL people, should know that!! :D

Besides, the clown who heads the committee is obviously an alumni of the same Report Writing School that DiFi graduated from..

His committee didn't talk to ANY of those present at the incident. He simply relied on reports from the Obama Administration...

Yea, THERE is a valid and accurate source, eh?? :^/

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By: Michale

Michale — Thu, 01 Jan 2015 10:29:17 +0000

The feds are also apparently flying planes which hack into cell tower data in America, again without the benefit of actually getting a warrant first, as the Constitution requires. [Huffington Post]

And here is the raise the roof, cry to the heavens outrage from the entirety of the Left against the Obama Administration:

Kinda puts all the "moral outrage" from the Left during the Bush years in it's proper context, eh?? :^/

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Yea, shameless padding of the Comment Count :D

By: Michale

Michale — Thu, 01 Jan 2015 10:28:05 +0000

The federal government admitted that they lied to a court about the use of national security letters. [Huffington Post] This is another form of warrantless snooping that really should be consigned to the dustbin of history. In another case, ISPs are suing to lift a 10-year-old gag order on national security letters -- since it is illegal for anyone to even talk about getting one. [Washington Post]

And here is the raise the roof, cry to the heavens outrage from the entirety of the Left against the Obama Administration:

Kinda puts all the "moral outrage" from the Left during the Bush years in it's proper context, eh?? :^/

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By: Michale

Michale — Thu, 01 Jan 2015 10:22:59 +0000

The F.B.I. hasn't entirely given up on stupid ideas, however, as this year it was revealed they had set up a fake site where they impersonated journalists at the Seattle Times to catch wrongdoers. Journalists were, quite rightly, outraged at this deception. [Huffington Post 1, 2]

Why should journalists be outraged???

It's not as if they are, yunno, doing their JOBS!!

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By: Michale

Michale — Thu, 01 Jan 2015 10:12:40 +0000

You'll notice, there are a few "Michale-comment-bait" items in there...

I noticed that.. :D Gonna keep me busy for a while.. :D

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By: Chris Weigant

Chris Weigant — Thu, 01 Jan 2015 10:01:04 +0000

Speak2 -

I think I fixed your problem on the banished words article. See comments there.

-CW

By: Speak2

Speak2 — Thu, 01 Jan 2015 04:15:23 +0000

Test. Please do not respond.

By: Chris Weigant

Chris Weigant — Thu, 01 Jan 2015 00:32:17 +0000

Michale -

You'll notice, there are a few "Michale-comment-bait" items in there...

:-)

-CW